Shipping Company from Ajman to Lebanon +971557643821 – Apartment Belongings and Suitcases in a Shared Shipment to Tripoli

If you live in an apartment in Ajman and want to send your cartons, suitcases, TV and bicycle to family in Lebanon without paying for a whole truck, the answer is a shared shipment. Al Basmah International Shipping, a shipping company from Ajman to Lebanon, groups your belongings with other loads in one truck or container and charges only for the space your things take, in cubic metres. We then deliver to your apartment door in Tripoli and the North, or anywhere else in Lebanon. Send a list and photos of your belongings on WhatsApp +971557643821 and you will get the price.

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How does a shared shipment from Ajman to Lebanon work?

A shared shipment (called LCL in sea freight) means your belongings take part of a truck or container, and the rest of the space is used by other people’s goods also going to Lebanon. Most apartment households in Ajman do not have enough to fill a 20 ft container: twenty cartons, three suitcases, a TV, a bicycle and maybe a small wardrobe. That usually comes to 2–6 cubic metres, while a 20 ft container holds more than 30, so there is no point paying for empty space.

1. You book a collection and we take your belongings from the apartment after packing.
2. They go to the warehouse to be measured and weighed, and the team sends you the final volume.
3. They wait in the warehouse until the consolidated load for Lebanon is complete.
4. They are loaded with the other shipments, each group kept apart and marked with its owner’s name.
5. In Lebanon the load is cleared, then sorted, and each receiver gets their goods at their address.

The only difference from a full load is that you may wait a few days at the warehouse until the load fills. If you are in a hurry, the team tells you the date of the next departure before you book, so you can choose.

What can go in your shared shipment?

Almost everything in an apartment can be shipped, as long as it is packed and labelled. These are the items we collect most often from Ajman flats:

How is your volume calculated?

Volume is length × width × height in metres for each piece, added together. A carton of 60 × 40 × 40 cm is 0.096 cubic metres, so ten of them come to roughly one cubic metre. A large suitcase (75 × 50 × 30 cm) is about 0.11 cubic metres. Send us the count and rough sizes and we will estimate the volume before collection; it is measured again at the warehouse and the team tells you the final figure.

• Choose cartons of similar size; they stack without gaps and the real volume drops.
• Do not ship half-empty cartons; they take the same space and get crushed under others.
• Dismantling furniture cuts volume a lot: an assembled bed can take twice the space of a flat-packed one.

Pickup areas in Ajman

We collect from every part of Ajman, mostly from residential towers and buildings. The day before collection, ask the building watchman to reserve the lift or book a slot on the service lift, and tell us the floor and where the truck can stop.

• Al Nuaimiya, Al Rashidiya and the Corniche towers.
• Al Jurf and the Ajman industrial areas.
• Al Rawda, Al Hamidiya and Al Zahya.
• Al Mowaihat, Al Nakhil and Al Bustan.
• Emirates City, Al Yasmeen and the surrounding area.
• Ajman Free Zone, with the free-zone exit papers.

If you also have things in nearby Sharjah, we collect them on the same round. If you are sending equipment or commercial goods, the Sharjah to Lebanon guide covers that kind of load.

The three methods and transit times from Ajman to Lebanon

The team suggests the right method at booking, based on how much you have and when you need it. Times are approximate:

The road route from Ajman to Lebanon

Road freight from Ajman leaves the UAE at Al Ghuwaifat, enters Saudi Arabia at Al Batha in sealed transit, then Jordan at Al Omari, then Syria at the Nasib/Jaber crossing in transit, and reaches Lebanon at Al Masnaa. The distance from Ajman is around 3,000 km. After clearance in Lebanon, goods for the North head up the coastal road to Tripoli. Transit needs an accurate contents list for every carton, and the team confirms before booking that road suits your belongings. The Jordan leg is covered in our guide to shipping from Ajman to Jordan.

Air freight from Ajman to Lebanon

Air freight from Ajman to Lebanon suits one suitcase or carton you need quickly, such as a student’s things, papers or gifts for an occasion. It leaves from Sharjah, Dubai or Abu Dhabi airport for Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport, usually arrives within 2–4 days, and is then delivered to Tripoli.

• Price is on actual or volumetric weight, whichever is higher: length × width × height in cm ÷ 6000.
• Example: a 70 × 45 × 30 cm suitcase has a volumetric weight of 15.75 kg; if it actually weighs 20 kg, you pay on 20.
• Lithium batteries, power banks, liquids and perfumes are restricted by air, so keep them out of a shipped suitcase.
• Furniture, a large TV and a bicycle are far cheaper in the shared shipment.

Packing and labelling in a shared shipment

In a shared load your things travel next to other people’s, and clear labelling is what gets every carton to its owner. This is how we pack and mark:

• On every carton: sender’s name, receiver’s name, receiver’s Lebanese phone number, and the town (Tripoli, for example).
• A sequence number in the form “3 of 18” so the receiver can tell if anything is missing.
• A short contents list for each carton, and a copy of the full list with the papers.
• “Fragile” stickers and this-way-up arrows on cartons with glass and appliances.
• Suitcases shrink-wrapped, with the name stuck on two sides.
• A strip of coloured tape on all your pieces makes them easy to spot during sorting.

Photograph each carton after sealing, with its number showing, and send the photos to the receiver in Tripoli. At delivery they can check the count and numbers themselves before signing.

What to carry by hand

Some things should not go in the shipment at all, because you need them, they are valuable, or they are restricted in transport:

• Passports, IDs, certificates and original contracts.
• Gold, jewellery and cash.
• Daily medicines, with the prescription.
• Laptop, phone and hard drives with your files.
• Power banks and small lithium batteries, under the airline’s rules.
• Whatever you need for the first two weeks before the shipment arrives.

Documents

Personal apartment belongings

• Copy of passport and residence visa.
• Contents list in Arabic or English.
• Name, phone number and address of the receiver in Lebanon.

If you are a Lebanese citizen returning for good after living abroad for about three years or more, you can usually bring your used household goods in duty-free once, if they arrive within a short period after you (around three months) and come with the consulate letter confirming residence abroad and return, an authenticated contents list, and proof of your address in Lebanon. The team checks your case before shipping; no exemption is guaranteed for everyone. New items still in their boxes pay customs duty and VAT at 11%, so do not fill the shipment with new appliances declared as personal effects.

Commercial goods

If some of your goods are for sale, you need a commercial invoice, packing list, certificate of origin and the importer’s details in Lebanon. Goods of Arab origin can benefit from the Greater Arab Free Trade Area (GAFTA) duty exemption. Keep them separate from personal belongings on the list.

The car

• Vehicle ownership papers.
• UAE export certificate and plate cancellation.
• Owner’s passport.
• The car empty of personal belongings; do not put your cartons in the boot.

Shipping a sedan from Ajman to Lebanon

We collect your sedan in Ajman on an enclosed two-deck carrier, so it reaches the port clean, without road dust or stone chips, and it then goes to Lebanon in a container or on a RoRo vessel. Lebanon calculates duty and fees on the car’s value and type and has conditions on age and specifications, so the team reviews your car before shipping and tells you what applies and the expected cost. We photograph the car from every side at collection and send the photos on WhatsApp.

Prohibited and restricted items

• Prohibited: narcotics, weapons and ammunition without permits, counterfeit goods, gambling equipment.
• Prior permit needed: drones, some medicines, wireless equipment.
• Not in cartons: gas cylinders, petrol and flammable liquids, pesticides, concentrated cleaning chemicals.
• Perishable food cannot be shipped; ask the team about sealed tins before packing them.

Shipping prices from Ajman to Lebanon

In a shared shipment the price follows the volume of your belongings, so it differs from one person to the next. For each service, send the details on WhatsApp and you will get the price:

Or request a price on the quote page.

What decides the price of your shipment?

How to ship from Ajman to Lebanon, step by step

1. List your belongings: number of cartons, suitcases and large items, with photos.
2. Send it on WhatsApp with the Ajman pickup address and the town in Lebanon.
3. The team estimates the volume, suggests the method and sends the price.
4. We fix a collection date, and you book the lift with the building watchman.
5. Packing, labelling and collection from the apartment.
6. Measuring at the warehouse, and the final volume sent to you.
7. Shipping with WhatsApp updates, then clearance and delivery in Tripoli.

Delivery in Tripoli, the North and the rest of Lebanon

We deliver in Tripoli, Batroun, Zgharta and across the North, as well as Beirut, Mount Lebanon, the South and the Bekaa. Many residential buildings in Tripoli are older multi-storey blocks with narrow stairs and a small lift or none at all, so before delivery we ask the receiver about the floor, the stair width and the street, and the last leg is usually done with a small truck and carrying by hand. By sea, the container can go straight to Tripoli port instead of Beirut.

Lebanese winters are rainy and snow covers the high ground, so on wet days we wrap cartons in plastic at delivery, and a heavy storm may push the appointment back by a day. For shipping to all of Lebanon, see the UAE to Lebanon shipping guide; if you are in nearby Umm Al Quwain, there is the Umm Al Quwain to Lebanon guide.

Tips for apartment dwellers before shipping

• Start packing a week before collection, two or three cartons a day, instead of one crowded night.
• Write on each carton the room it goes to in the new home; it saves the receiver time.
• Keep each carton under about 25 kg, especially with the stairs in Tripoli.
• Get rid of what you do not need before shipping; every cubic metre less means a lower price.
• Tell the receiver the approximate arrival date and make sure they are there on delivery day.

Frequently asked questions

What is a shared shipment from Ajman to Lebanon?

Your belongings take part of a truck or container alongside other people’s goods going to Lebanon, and you pay only for their volume in cubic metres. It suits apartment loads that do not fill a container.

How long does a shared shipment take?

By road roughly 8–14 days door to door, by sea 3–4 weeks of sailing plus clearance. Goods may wait a few days at the warehouse until the load is complete, and the team tells you the date before booking.

Can a TV and a bicycle go in a shared shipment?

Yes. The TV travels upright in its original box or a light crate, and the bicycle has its pedals removed, handlebar turned and is fully wrapped.

How do my things stay separate from other people’s?

Every carton and suitcase carries your name, the receiver’s name and number, and a sequence number such as “3 of 18”, and we send you photos of the numbered cartons. When the load is sorted in Lebanon, each receiver gets their goods by those numbers.

Do you deliver to high floors in Tripoli?

Yes. We ask beforehand about the floor, the stairs and the lift, and the last leg is done with a small truck and hand carrying where needed.

What should I keep out of the cartons?

Passports, original papers, gold, cash, daily medicines, laptops and power banks, plus gas and flammable liquids. Carry valuables and essentials with you.

Can I ship my car with my belongings?

Yes. The car goes on an enclosed two-deck carrier to the port, then in a container or on a RoRo vessel, but it must be empty; your cartons go in the shared shipment.

How do I follow my shipment?

The team sends you a WhatsApp update at collection, measuring, loading, each border, arrival and delivery.

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